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  • Unified Disposal Board plans to combat landfill concerns

    Dane McGuire|Updated Apr 15, 2021

    The Unified Disposal Board that oversees operation of the tri-county landfill east of Havre is taking action to reduce the amount of trash blowing out of the landfill. The board discussed plans to add additional fencing and more employees to reduce the problem, which members said a couple of local residents have complained about this year. Residents along back roads to the landfill said in April 2018 that they were noticing a large amount of garbage by their roads and in their...

  • Suicide awareness walk focuses on need for change in attitudes

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Apr 15, 2021

    Montana State University's Sweetgrass Society, in collaboration with the Little River Institute and Northern's Healthy Lifestyle Advocates, hosted a suicide awareness walk Wednesday with nearly 100 people in attendance. The event featured a pair of speakers from the Fort Belknap Indian Community who talked about their experiences with suicide and how it affected their lives and communities. The first was Sweetgrass Society President Aryn Longknife-Jake, who talked about the...

  • Fundraiser set Friday to help local woman recover from fire

    Updated Apr 15, 2021

    Havre Daily News staff A fundraiser is set for Friday at Havre Eagles Club to help a woman and her family recover from the fire that destroyed their residence March 30. Andrea Dess and her family escaped from the fire in their residence on the 3400 Block of U.S. Highway 2 Northeast, but lost their home, belongings and their pets. She could not be reached for comment by Havre Daily News by printing deadline this morning. Eagles Auxiliary President Candace Dess, Andrea Dess'...

  • Next beaver population control meeting set for Wednesday

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Apr 15, 2021

    The Hill County Park Board’s Rules and Regulations Committee will hold its next meeting to examine beaver population control at Beaver Creek Park Wednesday, April 21, at 6 p.m. in the 4-H Chuckwagon at the Great Northern Fairgrounds. The meeting is being held for members of the public to voice their perspectives on the topic and what direction they think the board should take in the future. A similar meeting was held last month, where proponents and opponents of non-lethal beaver trapping alternatives spoke to the c...

  • State and local COVID-19, April 15, 2021

    Updated Apr 15, 2021

    People can find online where vaccines are available in their area through https://vaccinefinder.org , operated by Boston’s Children’s Hospital and supported by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United States Digital Service. The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today’s update was 106,823 with 194 new cases, 1,028 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 57. The number of deaths was 1,528. Blaine County Health Department reported March 30 being being notified of no...

  • Havre Elks Lodge installs officers for 2021-22

    Updated Apr 15, 2021

    Press release Havre Elks Lodge #1201 installed the members who will lead the lodge in the 2021-22 year Tuesday April 13. The members who were installed and their offices are president, Matt Kretchmer; first vice-president, Mike Rappold; second vice president, John Winegar; third vice president, Robert Kurtz; secretary, Brandy Kurtz; esquire, Robert Nieuwenhuyse; chaplin, Debra Herd; tiler, Linda Hoover; inner guard, Greg Tilleman. The lodge trustees for the 2021-22 year are Arnold Shuland, William Patera, and Donna Tilleman....

  • Agenda - Hill County Mosquito Control District Board

    Updated Apr 15, 2021

    The Hill County Mosquito Control District Board will meet Monday, April 19, at 5:15 p.m. in the Hill County Weed and Mosquito Control District Office in the Hill County Road and Weed Shop Complex at 1405 West Second St. 1. Review minutes from previous meeting 2. Correspondence 3. New business a) Purchase order approval b) Mosquito Awareness Week, June 20-26 c) Training updates 4. Unfinished business a) Budget update b) Larvicide applications 5. Announcements — Non-action items a) Recertification on hold b) Testing for new c...

  • For the Record, April 15, 2021

    Updated Apr 15, 2021

    Havre Police Department Officers responding to a complaint at 7:16 a.m. Tuesday at an apartment complex on First Street Northeast arrested Caden Isaiah Plante of Havre, 18, on charges of disorderly conduct and minor in possession of intoxicants. -- Officers responding to a complaint from Cleveland Avenue at 9:13 a.m. Tuesday about two dogs running at large issued a summons. -- Officers assisting another agency at 9:34 a.m. Tuesday at the Havre Probation and Parole Office...

  • Looking out my Backdoor: Down-in-the-dump-slump-lite!

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Apr 15, 2021

    Some days I can’t lose for winning. Sunrise, up earlier than I wanted. I moped around, felt mildly depressed. Not real depression. Real depression is serious stuff. Me, I’m in sort of a down-in-the-dumps lite. Ice-cream for breakfast sounds good. Will ice-cream help? But my freezer is empty. I haven’t had ice-cream for weeks. Back in the easy-peasy days before COVID, I bought hand-packed ice-cream from a woman in town. But knowing precautions were loosely held in that tiend...

  • Grant application assistance available for shuttered venues

    Updated Apr 15, 2021

    Press release The Montana Small Business Development Center network is offering application assistance to small businesses in the live venue industry for federal grants available through the U.S. Small Business Administration. The SBDCs have hired additional staff to assist businesses looking to apply for federal assistance through the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant, which opened April 8. “The Montana Small Business Development Center network is adding to our portfolio of specialized, no-cost business assistance for the l...

  • Veteran Northstars ready to play ball

    Kason Clark|Updated Apr 15, 2021

    Unlike most sports returning this spring, the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club got the opportunity to compete in 2020. Last year, they qualified for the state tournament for the first time since 2005. And Northstars head coach Patch Wirtzberger believes that last year's success will now lead to more this year. "Last year was a fun year," Wirtzberger said. "It was an inexperienced team, but they gained a lot of experience and accomplished a lot last year with...

  • Blue Pony tennis faces tough Northwest A foes

    Havre Daily Staff|Updated Apr 15, 2021

    By Havre Daily Staff With a successful Havre Invitational behind them, the Havre Blue Pony tennis teams are now about to embark on the busiest portion of their regular season. And it starts with a slight change in the schedule. Normally, this week is reserved for the annual Class A Duals in Cut Bank, and, the Ponies will attend the meet Friday. But, that event has been moved to a one-day affair, so Havre will keep trucking west to take on two Northwest A teams in Whitefish and...